Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to set a target of reducing the expected death toll from a ...

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

The target will be included in a new basic plan for promoting disaster prevention measures, which is expected to be adopted ...

Up to some 7,500 people in 33 municipalities along the Sea of Japan coast of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido ...

Japan's government has set goals for reducing the estimated death toll and structural damage from an anticipated massive earthquake occurring in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast.

A new bill introduced in the US House of Representatives seeks to bolster state insurance programs by directing the Treasury ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

An earthquake measured at over 5.3 on the Richter scale set off in Indonesia''s eastern Maluku province on Wednesday, as per ...

As built-up areas encroach on natural ones, we need new strategies for dealing with the impact of wildfires on buildings and ...

A recent report presented to city council painted a bleak picture of what a long-feared megathrust earthquake—commonly known ...

A grant from the program worth $420,000 that was meant for conducting initial studies to improve the Pajaro River levee ...